Dharma and halacha : comparative studies in Hindu-Jewish philosophy and religion / / edited by Ithamar Theodor and Yudit Kornberg Greenberg

• Pubblicazione: Lanham ; ; Boulder ; ; New York ; ; London : , : Lexington Books, , [2018]; ©2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 pages)
• Disciplina: 294.5/156
• Soggetto topico: Judaism - Relations - Hinduism; Hinduism - Relations - Judaism
• Persona (resp. second.): TheodorIthamar <1959->; GreenbergYudit Kornberg
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Ritual and Sacrifice -- 1 Image Worship and Sacrifice -- 2 Shakthi Garbha as Ark of the Covenant at an American Hindu Goddess Temple -- 3 Working toward a More Perfect World -- Part II Ethics -- 4 Dharma and Halacha -- 5 Humane Subjects and Eating Animals -- 6 Animal Justice and Moral Mendacity -- 7 Lethal Wives and Impure Widows -- Part III Theology -- 8 The Guru and the Zaddik and the Testimony of the Holy Ones -- 9 Reading Eros, Sacred Place, and Divine Love in the Gītāgovinda and Shir Ha-Shirim -- 10 On the Comparative Realization of Aesthetic Consciousness in Kabbalah and Tantra -- 11 On the AUM and the Tetragrammaton -- Epilogue -- Index -- About the Contributors.
• Sommario/riassunto: "This work provides an anthology of close textual readings and examinations of a wide range of topics by leading scholars in interreligious scholarship and Hindu-Jewish dialogue, offering innovative approaches to categories such as ritual, sacrifice, ethics, and theology while underscoring affinities between Hindu and Jewish philosophy and religion" --
• Titolo autorizzato: Dharma and halacha
• ISBN: 1-4985-1280-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824698703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in comparative philosophy and religion.